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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manhoef comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital . The crowd seem to be enjoying Pitt's choice of entrance music: Pitt Don't Play Dat. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
30 - 16 - 0 |
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188 cm
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184 lbs
24 - 16 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Pitt!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhoef looks to land a right hand but Pitt moved out of range.
Pitt misses with a body shot.
Manhoef blocks a head kick by Pitt.
We've been informed that Pitt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Manhoef misses the jab.
Manhoef rushes Pitt and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pitt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pitt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manhoef.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pitt just misses with a elbow thrown towards Manhoef's brow.
Pitt misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitt throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A body shot lands from Manhoef.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitt throws a head punch that misses.
Manhoef lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pitt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pitt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Manhoef as the two fighters clinch.
Manhoef lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pitt or not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pitt throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef controlling the action here for a moment.
Manhoef blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pitt.
Manhoef has a couple of punches blocked by Pitt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manhoef.
Pitt lands a shot to the body.
Manhoef tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pitt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Manhoef looking to slow down the pace here.
Pitt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manhoef lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Dirk Pitt has been cut.
Pitt lands an elbow just above Manhoef 's eye.
Manhoef throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pitts head.
Manhoef tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pitt's elbow.
Manhoef is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pitt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manhoef's elbow.
Pitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manhoef scores with a hook to the body.
Manhoef blocks an uppercut.
Manhoef misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pitt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Manhoef.
Manhoef wants to stall.
Manhoef blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pitt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Manhoef.
Pitt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Manhoef lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pitt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manhoef tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pitt.
Manhoef blocks an uppercut.
Pitt lands a shoulder strike.
Manhoef pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pitt fails to land.
Manhoef misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pitt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pitt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Pitt.
Pitt throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Pitt.
Manhoef scores with a shot to the side of Pitt's head.
Pitt tries to throw a body punch but Manhoef avoids it by throwing Pitt back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Pitt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manhoef works on Pitt's body with a couple of short punches.
Manhoef blocking some punches.
Manhoef blocks an uppercut.
Pitt misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pitt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pitt misses with some punches.
Pitt prevents a body shot from Manhoef.
Pitt tries a body shot but Manhoef blocks it.
A short left from Pitt.
Pitt lands an elbow just above Manhoef 's eye.
Pitt misses with a punch on the inside.
Manhoef swings wildly with an uppercut but Pitt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pitt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pitt presses Manhoef against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pitt lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Pitt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Pitt's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Manhoef blocks a low kick nicely.
Pitt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Manhoef's head.
Manhoef pushes Pitt away with a front kick.
Pitt tried to score with a low kick but Manhoef checks it.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Pitt takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manhoef throws a leg kick that misses.
Dirk Pitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pitt throws a hook but Manhoef avoids it easily.
Manhoef cracks Pitt with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Pitt tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Manhoef pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Pitt is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Melvin Manhoef!
Melvin Manhoef decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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